A question that I often get when I work with elementary school teachers to help them get on the road to blogging goes like this, “can I restrict reading access to just my students and their parents?” The answer to that question is yes. The video below shows you how to do this if you’re using Blogger.

Applications for Education
While I prefer to guide teachers in the direction of teaching their elementary school students not to reveal personally identifying information on classroom blogs, I also recognize that sometimes the only way a teacher will try blogging is if they can restrict access to just students and their parents. The directions below cover the same steps covered in the video above. (Click the images to enlarge them).

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